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| DATE | 2026-03-17 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Blaming the Jews for the Irish diaspira
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Mamdani rips 'genocide' in Palestine at St. Patrick's Day event — after
he botches answer on unified Ireland
Matthew Fischetti, Emily Crane
4–5 minutes
Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday compared the plight of the Irish to the
“genocide” in Palestine — as he used a St. Patrick’s Day celebration to
rip the “deafening silence from so many” on the Israel-Hamas war.
The Democratic socialist dropped the Gaza-related remarks as he hosted
Ireland’s former President Mary Robinson for breakfast at Gracie Mansion
to kickstart the Big Apple’s annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities —
though neither mentioned the plight of Iranians under brutal theocratic
rule.
“Who can better understand those who weep than those who have been made
to weep for so long? The story of the Irish, both in Ireland and in New
York City, is at one time a story of oppression, of subjugation, and of
discrimination,” Mamdani said.
NYC Mayor Mamdani hosting a St Patrick's Day breakfast at Gracie
Mansion.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani used a St. Patrick’s Day celebration to rip the
“deafening silence from so many” on the Israel-Hamas war. Robert Miller
for NY Post
He went on to laud Robinson, who was the first female president to lead
Ireland in the ’90s, for her human rights record and history of standing
with Palestine.
“I say this as over the past few years, as we’ve witnessed a genocide
unfold before our eyes, there has been deafening silence from so many,”
he said.
“For those who have long cared about universal human rights and the
extension of them to Palestinians, silence, however, is nothing new, for
Palestinians are so often left to weep alone. Yet, former President
Robinson has never been silent.”
Elsewhere, Mamdani also thanked Irish New Yorkers for helping to take up
the “fight for a future of justice.”
NYC Mayor Mamdani hosting a St. Patrick's Day breakfast at Gracie
Mansion.
“Who can better understand those who weep than those who have been made
to weep for so long?” Mamdani said. Robert Miller for NY Post
Robinson, for her part, listed off the wave of ongoing global conflicts
as she noted Ireland’s ability to recognize the plight of many.
“We know others are living under the shadow of war and suffering in
Iran, in Lebanon, in Palestine, in Ukraine, in Sudan, and Democratic
Republic of Congo, and in too many other places,” she said as she
briefly addressed the breakfast event attended by about 50 people.
“For many Irish people, these realities resonate deeply, as the mayor
has said, our own history holds memories of famine, exile, and conflict.
Perhaps because of that, many recognize echoes of Ireland’s past within
the suffering of others today, in the pain of displacement and the
enduring human longing for dignity, justice, and self-determination.”
NYC Mayor Mamdani speaking at a podium during a St. Patrick's Day
breakfast.
Mamdani also thanked Irish New Yorkers for helping to take up the “fight
for a future of justice.” Robert Miller for NY Post
“What is called for now is community, not the division and domination we
are seeing far too often. What is needed instead is the deeper moral
courage to stand on the side of peace, defend human dignity, and
resolutely refuse despair,” she added.
“That courage lives in ordinary people. It lived in those in Ireland,
through long years of conflict, refused and fell fast to the belief
still possible now in those of people, those who keep faith, but have
ever more just world is still possible.”
Hizzoner’s politicized remarks came just hours before he was slated to
attend a Catholic mass alongside NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch
and then march down Fifth Avenue in the city’s iconic parade.
A crowd of people with empty pots and bowls, including women and
children, desperately reaching for food distribution.
Palestinians receive food distributed by a soup kitchen inside a camp
for displaced people in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, on March 15,
2026. Xinhua/Shutterstock
A day earlier, the mayor was stumped by a question about whether he
supported a unified Ireland — the political push for all 32 Irish
counties to be governed as one independent nation — after confirming he
would be marching alongside Irish New Yorkers.
“I gotta be honest, I haven’t thought enough on that question,” he said.
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